However, you appear to be the type that doesnt really want to deal with some of the work or extra effort needed for those strategies.

 - a study on rent cost compared to ownership cost shows that virtually every large city market it is initially cheaper to rent than own (I believe is was cheaper to went in 97 of the largest 100 markets)Miami and Florida have extra concerns:- insurance difficulties have resulted in large increase in insurance costs.  

He demanded $2000 extra and said we had 24 hours to pay if we wanted the loan closed!

I'm struggling to generate extra lead flow from builders, mostly because it's so difficult to identify folks that are doing ground up, business purpose construction. 

It's still early but we're expecting tenants to use the service for 9-18 months, and about 45% to also order the extra reporting of their previous rent payments which costs ~$20-25.

$800k at a couple extra percent means it’s costing you AT LEAST $16k PER YEAR in additional interest.

Is it advantageous, or is it difficult and anti-foreigner with extra stamp duty and such?

It may sound nice to pay a 6% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no additional fees.

House hacking lets you live in one unit and rent out the others, which can help cover your mortgage and generate some extra income.

No extra fees added for repairs, I'm allowed to contract my own people via the PM to do services(HVAC, lawn, water heater, etc.)